Lewiston Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council
The Lewiston Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council was officially formed in September of 2023 by MaineDOT Commissioner Bruce Van Note upon request of the Town of Lisbon. The Advisory Council will review and make recommendations on the likelihood, economic benefits and costs of potential uses of the rail corridor, including, but not limited to, rail use, trail use or bikeways. Any non-rail use of a rail corridor must be considered by a council to be interim in nature, and all such rail corridors must be preserved for future rail use.
The Lewiston Lower Road Rail Use Advisory Council will review an approximately 2.6-mile-long section of the former Maine Central Railroad corridor from the Lisbon/Topsham town line at Little River Bridge to the end of the state-owned corridor near River Road in Lisbon, as requested by the Town of Lisbon. Visit the Lewiston Lower Road Rail Use Study page for more information on the project.